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17 February 2005: Programme Number 35

TOGO: POLITICAL CRISIS
DR CONGO: FRESH ITURI TROUBLE
ZAMBIA: PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, calls for Togo's constitution to be respected and African Union Chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria expresses outrage over the military installation of Faure Gnassingbe as president following his father's sudden death. Former Foreign Minister of Nigeria, Ibrahim Gambari, currently the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Africa, tells us why Togo must listen: "African leaders in Algiers, in 1999 made it clear that any country that changes its leadership other than by constitutional means will not be regarded as a member of the family. And they proved this by excluding the governments taken over by the military in Cote d' Ivoire, in Guinea Bissau, in Comoros and Madagascar."

Militias in the Ituri region of the eastern DR Congo begin fighting again, killing dozens and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. UN Spokesperson Rachel Scott Leflaive:
"These people are mainly women and children. We've been worried about malnutrition and disease in this area.. These groups have been violating the rights of civilian populations. They've been attacking them directly, looting them. There's a very high prevalence of sexual violence in the area."

And how Zambia is making significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to the UN Secretary-General's special envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis:
"Zambia may reach a target of treating 100-thousand of its citizens living with HIV/AIDS by the end of this year."

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